Soap-tray.



E. L. DENNIS.

SOAP TRAY.

AHLICATION rlmyria. 10. 1911.

1,249,603. Patnnted Dec. 11,1917.

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@MEZSLWQV UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELMEB L. DENNIS, F ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR Td ANDREWS WIRE & IRON WORKS, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SOAPJIBAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Application filed February 10, 1917. Serial No. 147,877.

To all where it may concern:

Be it known that I, EIJME'R L. DENNIS JL citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford. in the county of \Vinnebugo and State of IlilIlOlS lMLVU invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to soap dishes or trays and receptacles of a similar nature, and has more 'mrtieuler reference to the construction of holders or supports for such :1 rtieles.

These articles are generally ii'mnuiacturcd as wire goods, and :is such may be produced -very cheaply. One form oi. soup dish or tray is especially adapted to be detaclnibly supported from and between two faucets, and since these are found to be spaced at different distances apart the summits are made extensible so as to be applicable under all conditions. It is found, however, that in handling these trays in the hurt-cries stores, etc, the extensible supports often become disengaged from the trey and lost, rendering the tray practically voiceless.

In the present invention I have aimed to provide an improved tray of the character described constructed so'that it will be impossible i'or the extensible supports or hold ers to become detached from the tray.

Another object of my invention is to proride on improved article of manufacture of such simple design that it may be produced at a. comparatively low cost and will serve practically and. satisfactorily the purpose for which itis designed.

Referring to the drawings in which I have illustrated one practical embodiment of my.

Figure 1 18 a plan view ot a soap trey embody ng my improvements, showing a portion in section;

Figs. 2 end 3 are side and end views, re-

spectively, of the tray; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the holders or supports.

The tray or receptacle in connection with which my improvements are embodied may be of suitable form and construction, and in the present instance I have shown a conventional form of soap tray of wire construction. It consists of a rim 5 of relatively heavy gage wire shaped to define a rectarguglar tray, EL plurality of cross Wire str s 6 spot welded, at their ends 7 to the It is desired to support a tray such as I have illustrated from and between two spaced faucets ordinarily found in kitchen and bath water supply fixtures. Means are provided for supporting the tray or a. similar article between two fixed parts or faucets and are constructed so as to be applicable to such parts spaced different distances apart. The means for holding the tray areadapted to detachebly fit over the faucets, and are extensibly but permanently mounted on the tray so that they may be projected from the tray suiliciently to fit over faucets spaced at varying distances apart. One of these holding means is mounted on and extended laterally beyond each end of the tray and may be formed, es shown in Fig. 4, of a single strand of wire shaped to provide ends 11 in spaced parallel relation, and at its:

loop 13. The portions 12 are adapted to fit over the horizontal iping adjacent to each side of the valve 0% a faucet and the loop portion extends about one side of the faucet so that a. holder may be effectually enga ed with and connected thereto. The, 1101 ers at each end are preferably mounted onv the tray by means of tubular sections of small gage piping eritlte like designated by charactor 14, which are spot welded or otherwise rigidly secured to' the tray in parallel relation, as clearly shown in the drawin These tubular members are adapted to teIe scopingly receive the ends 11 of the holding or supporting members so that the letter are extensibly mounted on the, tray 11nd consequently may be projected s0 thattheir outer ends may cooperatively engage faucets the supports or'holders from the members 14 and consist preferably of stops between the members Hand 14 for limiting the extent of the outward n'iove ncnt of the holders. 1 have found that a very simple and efi'eotive way 'of formin such steps is by employing wire for t e su ports or holders ofsomewhat less age t an the inner diameter of the mem rs l t and flattenin or enlarging the ends 15 of the arms 11 o the supports sufliciently so that they enter s nugly in the tubular members 14 and then after the supports have been so entered, by narrowing the ends of the members 14 as at 16. Thus the faucets are connected with the tray in such manner as to enable them to be extended from the tray a distance limited by Contact of the enlarged ends 15 of the supports with the narrowed ends 16 of the 'tubular members. lhe holders or supports are thereby permanently and extensibly mounted on the tray in an effectual manner, and it will be in'ipossible for the supports to become accidentally withdrawn from the tray. It will be noted that while a very substantial and serviceable arlirle is pro vided for tie purposes desired, the construction '{iso simple that it is possible to manufacture the 1icle at a comparatively low cost, and it should he understood that while I have shown one particular embodiment of my improvements, details of construction thereof might be changed and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a. tray or the hke, a pair of tubular members secured in parallel relation thereto and having reduced ends, and a pairof holders for the tray each having a pair of parallel arms adapted to telesco ingly enter said tubular members-so that tie holders are extensihly mounted on the tray, said arms within the tubular members having lateral projections adapted by contact. withsaid redlwed ends to )revent withdrawal of the arms from said members.

2. As an article of manufacture, a tray or the like, means for sup )orting the same ineluding a tubular member tixed to the tray and a narrow supporting; member one end of which telescopingly enters the tubular member and the other end of .uhich is adapted to cooperatively engage-'21 fixed support, the ISLIPPOIUI'IQ member within the tubular member being llatlenwl or enlarged at one point and tlne tulmlar member being reduced in cross-sectional area in a manner to prevent withdrawal of the supporting mmnber from, but allowing it to be extensible with respect to, the tray.

A holder for a tray or: similar article conu n-islng a pair of ice-ti tubular members fixed to the tray in parallel relation, and a pair of holders each formed of a sii igle piece parallel relation and adapted to telescopingly enter the tubular members from a (four mon end thereof, the inner or confined end portions of each holder having a lateral pro jection and the outer end portions of the tubular members being narrowed so that the holders while being extensihly mounted in the tubular members are precluded from being withdrawn therefrom.

ELMER L. DENNIS,

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